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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 42

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE

No sign in GC (→GE) & FE
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The asterisk mark  can only be found in EE. We give it in our main text despite the fact that editorial revision cannot entirely be ruled out here. In practice, the pedal can be depressed a little longer, until the sustained notes c and c2 resound completely.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: No pedal release mark

b. 383-384

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE

No  in GC (→GE)

No pedalling in FE
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Only in EE there is a pedal up mark at the end of b. 384, this may have been an editorial revision. In FE there are no pedal markings in these bars, which may have been the engraver's omission as there is  in a corresponding bar t. 41.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: No pedal release mark

b. 466

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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No  in FE must be an error.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , No pedal release mark

b. 526

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No sign in FE

Our variant suggestion
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The  mark must be authentic, it is not certain however, if it was not Chopin's intention to move it 4 bars further. Therefore, we propose our variant solution, bracketing the mark.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , No pedal release mark

b. 632-634

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE

No markings in GC (→GE)

Pedalling in FE

Our suggestion
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None of the sources provides correct pedalling in these bars. No  in EE (b. 632) and FE (b. 634) may only slightly mislead the performer as in both sources the moment of releasing (changing) pedals is marked with  (accordingly in bars 633 and 635). In GC (→GE) there is no pedalling until the end of the piece, which most certainly can be classified as the copyist's omission (in two last lines of the text 259-266 i 548-553). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , No pedal release mark , Errors of GC